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TO  THOSE. WHO  CA8N0T  READ; 

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THE    SLAVES, 

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PROT.  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

IN   THE 

COFEDERATE  STATES. 


RALEIGH  : 

tiriOl  Or  "  TH«  CHURCH  INTELLltlHCll.' 

1862. 


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CATECHISM. 


LESSON    I. 

Quest.  Who  made  the  world  ? 

Ans.  God. 

Q.  Who? 

A.  God. 

Q.  What  did  God  make? 

A.   The  world. 

Q.  Yes,  God  made  the  world.  Did  He  make 
an j  thing  else  ? 

A.   He  made  all  things  in  the  world. 

Q.  What  are  some  of  the  things  in  the  world  ? 

A.  Water,  trees,  cattle,  and  men. 

Q.  What? 

A.  Water,  trees,  cattle,  and  men. 

Q.  Yes,  God  made  the  world,  and  all  things 
in  the  world  : — Who  then  made  you  ? 

A.      God.  ;  ^ 

Q.  What  were  you  made  of? 

A.  ';  Of  the  dust  of  the  ground." 

Q.  How  do  you  know  this  ? 


4  A.  CATECHISM, 

A.  God  has  told  me  so. 

Q.  Where  has  God  told  you  so? 

A.  In  His  own  book,  called  the  Bible. 

Q.  What  is  God's  book  called. 

A.  The  Bible. 

Q.  What  do  you  say  God  has  told  us  in  the 
Bible  that  you  were  made  of? 

A.   "Of  the  dust  of  the  ground." 

Q.  Who  do  you  say  made  you  "  of  the  dust 
of  the  ground  ?  " 

A.  God. 

Q.  Now,  that  you  are  made,  can  you  keep 
yourselves  alive  ? 

A.  No. 

Q.  Can  your  parents — your  father  and  mother 
— keep  you  alive  ? 

A.  No. 

Q.  Who,  then,  keeps  you  alive? 

A.  God  keeps  me  alive. 

Q.  How  does  God  keep  you  alive  ? 

A.  He  gives  me  air  to  breathe,  and  water  to 
drink. 

Q.  What  else  does  He  give  you  ? 

A.  He  makes  the  corn  grow  for  my  food. 

Q.  What  else? 

A.  He  makes  every  thing  grow  that  I  eat. 

Q,  How  does  God  keep  you  alive  ?  « 

A.  By  giving  me  air  to  breathe,  and  water  to 
drink,  and  by  making  every  thing  grow  that  Ij 


A  CATECHISM.  •> 

Q.  Can  you  live  without  eating  and  drinking  1 

A.  No. 

Q.  God  keeps  you  alive,  then,  you  say,  by 
giving  you  things  to  eat  and  drink  1 

A.   Yes. 

Q.  Who  do  you  say  made  you,  and  keeps  you 
alive,  by  giving  you  what  you  eat  and  drink? 

A.  God. 

Q.  Is  God,  then,  a  good  or  a  bad  being  ? 

A.  He  is  a  good  Being. 

Q.  Is  there  any  other  being  as  good  as  God 
is? 

A.  No.  God  is  the  best  of  all  beings. 

Q.  Who  is  the  best  of  all  beings? 

A.  God. 


LEiSON    II. 

Q.  Who  do  you  say  made  all  things  ? 

A.  God. 

Q.  Did  He  make  them  good,  or  bad  ? 

A.  He  made  them  good. 

Q.  How  do  you  know  this  ? 

A.  He  has  told  me  so  in  the  Bible. 

Q.  What  has  He  told  you? 

A.  That  He  made  all  things  good. 

Q.  What? 


A  CATECHISM. 


A.  That  He  looked  down  upon  every  thing 
He  had  made,  and  saw  it  was  "  very  good." 

Q.  In  what  book  has  He  said  this  ? 

A.  In  His  own  book,  called  the  Bible. 

Q.  Was  man,  at  first,  made  good? 

A.  Yes,  God  made  every  thing  good,  and  He 
made  man  good. 

Q.  Did  man  continue  to  be  good,  as  God,  at 
first,  made  Him  ? 

A.  No,  he  became  had. 

Q.  How  did  he  become  bad  ? 

A.  By  sinning  against  God. 

Q.  How  did  He  sin  against  God? 

A.  By  doing  that  which  God  had  commanded 
him  not  to  do. 

Q.  Did  God  always  command  what  was  right? 

A.  Yes ;  God  is  too  great  and  good  to  com- 
whatis  wrong. 

Q.  You  say  God  always  commands  what  is 
right ;  ought  not  man,  then,  always  to  do  what 
God  commands  ? 

A.  Yes ;  man  ought  always  to  do  what  God 
commands. 

Q.  You  say  that  God  made  the  first  man 
good ;  did  the  first  man  continue  to  be  good  ? 

A.  No ;  for  he  did  not  always  do  what  God 
commanded. 

Q.  What  was  the  name  of  the  first  man  ? 

A.   Adam. 


A  CATECHISM.  7 

Q.  What  was  it? 

A.  Adam. 

Q.  Where  did  God  put  Adam  when  He  made 
him? 

A.  He  put  him  iu  the  Garden  of  Eden. 

Q.  How  do  you  know  this  ? 

A.  The  Bible,  God's  own  book,   tells  me  so. 

Q.  Did  He  make  any  other  person  and  put 
there  with  Adam  ? 

Yes ;   He  made  a  woman,  whom  He   called 
Eve,  and  gave  her  to  Adam  to  be  a  help  to  him. 

Q.  What  did  God  command  Adam  and  Eve 
to  do  in  the  garden  ? 

A.  He  commanded  them  to  dress  and  keep  the 
garden. 

Q.  What  did  God  command  them  to  eat? 

A.  He  commanded  them  to  eat  of  the  fruit  of 
every  tree  in  the  garden,  but  one. 

Q.  What  did  God  command  them  not  to  eat? 

A.  He  commanded  them  not  to  eat  of  one  tree 
which  grew  in  the  garden. 

Q.  What  was  that  tree  called  ? 

A.  It  was  ^called    "  the  tree  of  knowledge  of 
good  and  evil." 

Q.  You  say  God  commanded  them  not  to  eat 
of  this  tree :  Did  they  mind  God  ? 

A.  No;  they  disobeyed  God;  and  ate  of  the 
forbidden  tree. 


O  A  CATECHISM. 

Q.  How  did  God  know  that  Adam  and  Eve 
disobeyed  him  ? 

A.  God  sees  everywhere,  and  He  saw  them  do 
it, 

Q.  Can  God  see  persons  when  they  are  alone 
in  some  secret  place? 

A.  Yes ;  God  sees  every  one  of  us  all  the 
time. 

Q.  Can  He  see  us  in  a  dark  night  ? 

A.  Yes ;  God  can  see  us  in  the  darkest  night. 

Q.  How  do  you  know  this? 

A.  The  Bible  says,  '*  the  darkness  hideth  nol 
from  God." 

Q.  God  saw  Adam  and  Eve,  then,  when  they 
ate  the  fruit  of  the  forbidden  tree  ? 

A.  Yes ;  He  saw  them  when  they  thus  sinned 
against  Him. 

Q.  Was  not  God  angry  with  them  for  break- 
ing His  command? 

A.  Yes ;  He  was  very  angry. 

Q.  Did  He  punish  them  for  it  ? 

A.  Yes ;  for  He  had  told  them,  if  they  diso- 
beyed Him,  He  would  punish  them. 

Q.  How  did  He  punish  them  ? 

A.  He  drove  them  out  of  the  Garden  of  Eden. 

Q.  What  else  did  he  do  to  them  ? 

A.  He  cursed  them  and  their  children  for  their 
•in. 

Q.  What? 


A  CATECHISM.  9 

A.  He  cursed,  or  sentfevil  on  them  and  their 
children  for  their  sin. 


LESSON    III. 

Q.  You  said  that  God  sent  evil  upon  Adam 
and  Eve,  and  upon  their  children,  for  sinning 
against  Him  ;  Who  are  their  children  ? 

A.  We  are  their  children. 

Q.  Yes  ;  W3  descended  from  them,  and  there- 
fore are  their  children  ;  Are  we  then  sinners  ? 

A.  Yes ;  we  are  all  sinners  against  God. 

Q.  Why  are  we  all  sinners? 

A.  Because  we  all  break  God's  command- 
ments. 

Q.  Is  there  any  way  by  which  we  may  be 
saved  from  the  curse  of  sin  ? 

A.  Yes ;  God  gave  His  Son  Jesus  Christ  to 
gave  us. 

Q.  Who  is  Jesus  Christ? 

A.  He  is  the  Son  of  God. 

Q.  Where  was  Jesus  Christ  before  He  cam© 
to  save  us  ? 

A.  He  was  in  Heaven  with  God. 

Q.  Well,  but  is  He  not  Himself  God  ? 

A.  Yes;  He  is  God  the  Son. 


10  A  CATECHISM. 

Q.  With   whom   was   He,    then,    before  He 
came  to  save  us  ? 

A.   He  was  with  God,  the  Father. 

Q.  You  say  He  came  to  save  us — did  He  come 
to  save  any  body  else  ? 

A.  Yes;  all  mankind. 

Q.  Who  did  He  come  to  save  ? 

A.  He  came  to  save  us  and  all  mankind. 

Q.  Why  did  He  come  to  save  all  mankind? 

A.  Because  all  mankind  are  sinners. 

Q.  What  is  it  to  be  a  sinner? 

A.  It  is  to  be  under  the  curse  of  sin,  for  be- 
ing a  breaker  of  God's  law. 

Q.  You  said  that  Christ  came  to  save  all  man- 
kind :  Why  did  He  come  to  save  them  ? 

A.  Because  all  mankind  were  sinners. 

Q.  What  did  Christ  do  to  save  them? 

A.  He  died  for  them.    \ 

Q.  How  many  did  He  die  for? 

A.  For  all  mankind. 

Q.  Why  did  He  die  for  all  mankind  ? 

A.  Because  all  mankind  are  sinners. 

Q.  Who  are  sinners  ? 

A .  They  who  break  God's  law. 

Q.  How  do  you  know  this  ? 

A.  The  Bible  says  that  "  sin  is  the  transgres- 
sion of  the  law." 

Q.  How  many  have   broken  or   transgressed 
God's  law. 


A.  CATECHISM. 


11 


A.  All  mankind. 

Q.  Are  all  sinners,  then  ? 

A.  Yes,  all  are  sinners. 

Q.  Does  the  Bible  say  all  are  sinners? 

A.  Yes;  The  Bible  says,   li  all  have  sinned." 

Q.  You  say  that  God  says  in  the  Bible,  that 
all  are  sinners ; — How  does  God  know  this  ? 

A.   God  knows  every  thing. 

Q.  How  does  He  know  every  thing? 

A.  Because,  He  is  always  everywhere,  and 
sees  every  thing. 

Q.  Does  He  see  actions  that  are  done  in  the 
dark  and  secret  places  ? 

A.   Yes  ;  For  nothing  can  hide  us  from  God. 

Q .  Does  He  hear  all  bad  words  ? 

A.  Yes ;    For  God  is  with  us  whenever  we 


Q.  Does  God  know  all  bad  thoughts? 

A.  Yes;  God  sees  into  our  hearts,  and  knows 
all  the  thoughts  we  think. 

Q.  Why,  then,  are  all  mankind  sinners? 

A.  Because  they  think  bad  thoughts,  speak 
bad  words,  and  do  bad  things. 

Q.  What  thoughts  and  words  and  things  are 
badf 

A.   Such  as  God  has  forbidden. 

Q.  If  all  mankind,  then,  think  the  thoughts, 
speak  the  words,  and  do  the  things  which  God 
hath  forbidden,  ought  they  not  to  be  punished 
for  it? 


12  A  CATECniSM. 

A.  Yes  ;  All  mankind  for  their  sins  deserve 
the  wrath  and  curse  of  Almighty  God. 

Q.  What  do  their  sins  deserve  ? 

A.   God's  wrath  and  curse. 

Q.  How  may  they  be  saved  from  God's  wrath 
and  curse  ? 

A.  Through  their  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 


LESSON    IV. 

Q.  What  did  Jesus  Christ  do  to  save  them? 

A.  He  died  to  save  them. 

Q.  How  did  Jesus  Christ  die? 

A.  He  was  nailed  to  a  cross  of  wood,  by  the 
wicked  Jews. 

Q.  In  what  way  did  they  nail  Him  to  the 
cross  ? 

A.  They  drove  nails  through  His  hands  and 
feet,  and  fastened  Him  to  the  cross. 

Q.  How  long  did  He  hang  on  the  cross? 

A.  Till  He  was  dead. 

Q.  Wrhat  did  they  do,  to  see  if  He  was  dead  ? 

A.  They  thrust  a  spear  into  His  side. 

Q.  Who  put  Jesus  Christ  to  death  ? 

A.  The  wicked  Jews. 

Q.   You  said  Jesus  Christ  was  the  Son  of  God 


A  CATECHISM.  13 

— Could  He  not,  then,  have   delivered   Himself 
out  of  the  hands  of  the  Jews  ? 

A.  Yes;  Jesus  Christ  could  do  every  thing. 

Q.  Why,  then,  did  He  let  the  Jews  kill  Him  ? 

A.  Because  He  chose  to  die. 

Q.  Why  did  He  choose  to  die  ? 

A.   To  save  us  from  our  sins. 

Q.  Why? 

A.  To  save  us  from  our  sins. 

Q.  To  save  us  from  what? 

A.  Our  sins. 

Q.  Was  He  not,  then,  very  good   and  merci- 
ful to  us  ? 

A.  Yes  ;  He  was  very  good   and  merciful,  to 
die  for  our  sins. 

Q.  You  say  Christ  died  to  save  us  from   our 
sins ; — What  is  it  to  be  saved  from  our  sins  ? 

A.  It  is  to  have  our  sins  forgiven,  and  taken 
away  from  us. 

Q.  What  is  it  to  have  our  sins  forgiven? 

A.  It  is  to  get  rid  of  beingpunished  for  them. 

Q.  What  is  it  to  have  our  sins  taken  away. 

A.  It  is  to  have  our  desires  to  sin,  or  to  do 
bad  things,  taken  from  our  hearts. 

Q.  .What  else  ? 

A.  It  is  to  have  desires  to  do  good  things  put 
into  our  hearts. 

Q.   What,  then,  is  it  to  be  saved  from  our  sins  ? 
A.   It  is  to  be  saved  from  the  punishment  of 


14  A  CATECHISM. 

&in  in  hell,  and  from  the  wickedness  of  ain  in  our 
hearts  and  lives. 


Lesson  v. 


Q.  What  must  we  do  to  be  saved  from  our 
sins? 

A.  We  must  be  sorry  for  them. 

Q.  What  must  we  do  ? 

A.  We  must  be  sorry  for  our  sins,  or  repent 
of  them. 

Q.  What  else  must  we  do  ? 

A,  We  must  be  baptised,  or  christened. 

Q.  Why  must  we  be  baptised,  to  save  us  from 
our  sins? 

A.  Because  Glod,  by  St.  Peter,  the  Apos- 
tle, tells  us  we  must. 

Q.  What  does  St.  Peter  say? 

•&.  He  says  :-r-  "  Repent  and  be  baptised 
every  one  of  you,  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ, 
for  the  remission  of  sins. 

Q.   What  does  he  say  we  must  do  first? 

A.  He  says  we  must  "  Repent. ,; 

Q.  What  is  it  to  repent  ? 

A.  It  is  to  be  so  sorry  for  our  sins,  as  to  make 
u«  stop  sinning. 

Q.   What  docs  St.  Peter  sav  we  must  do  next  ? 


A  CATECHISM.  15 

A.  He  says,  "  wo  must  be  baptised,  every  one 
of  us." 

Q.  Must  do  what  ? 

A.   "Be  baptised. " 

Q.  How  many  of  us  ? 

A.   "  Every  one  of  us." 

Q.  In  whose  name  does  he  say  we  must  be  bap- 
tised ? 

A.   "In  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ." 

Q.  Why,  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ? 

A.  Because,  "  there  is  no  other  name  given, 
whereby  we  can  be  saved." 

Q.  For  what  purpose  does  He  say  we  must  be 
baptised  ? 

A.   "  For  the  remission  of  sins." 

Q.  When  St.  Paul  was  converted,  what  did 
the  minister  tell  him  to  do  ? 

A.  He  told  him  to  "arise  and  be  baptised, 
and  wash  away  his  sins." 

Q.  When  persons  are  baptised,  whom  does  St. 
Paul  say  they  were  baptised  into  ? 

A.   "Into  Christ." 

Q.  Whom  does  he  say,  "  they  put  on  ?  " 

A.  He  says  they  "  put  on  Christ," 


16  A  CATECHISM. 


LESSON    VI. 

Q.  Have  you  been  baptised,  or  christened  ? 

A.  Yes. 

Q.  Why  were  you  baptised  when  you  were 
children  ? 

A.  Jesus  Christ  says,  "  Suffer  the  little  child* 
ren  to  come  unto  me,  and  forbid  them  not,  for 
of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  God." 

Q.  What  is  the  kingdom  of  God  ? 

A.  It  is  the  Church  on  earth,  and  in  heaven. 

Q.  Who  is  the  Head  of  this  Church  ? 

A.  Jesus  Christ. 

Q.  When  you  were  baptised  into  Christ,  where 
were  you  put  ? 

A.  I  was  put  into  His  body,  the  Church. 

Q.  What  did  you  get  when  you  were  baptised 
into  Christ? 

A.  I  got  my  name. 

Q.  What  name  ? 

A.  My  Christian  name, 

Q.  Why  do  you  call  it  your  Christian  name  ? 

A.  Because  I  was  baptised  into  Christ,  or 
made  a  Christian  in  my  baptism. 

Q.  But  did  you  not  get  more  than  a  name  in 
your  baptism  ? 


A  CATECHISM.  17 

A.  Yes,  I  got  more  than  a  name. 

Q.  Certainly  you  got  more  than  a  name  ;  for 
you  said  St.  Peter  told  the  people  to  be  baptised, 
to  have  their  sins  forgiven.  What  then  did  you 
get  in  baptism,  besides  a  name? 

A.  I  got  the  forgivenesss  of  my  sins'. 

Q.  Did  you  not  get  God's  Holy  Spirit  also  ? 

A.  Yes,  I  got  the  Holy  Spirit  also. 

Q.  Who  is  the  Holy  Spirit? 

A.  He  is  the  third  person  in  the  Godhead. 

Q.  What  do  you  mean  by  the  Godhead  ? 

A.  I  mean  three  persons  in  one  God. 

Q.  Which  is  the  first  person  ? 

A.  God,  the  Father. 

Q.  Which  is  the  second  person  ? 

A.  God,  the  Son. 

Q.  Which  is  the  third  person  ? 

A.  God,  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Q.  Which  person  did  you  say  you  got  in  your 
baptism  ? 

A.  The  third  person  ;    God,  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Q.  What  do  you  mean  by  getting  the  Holy 
Ghost,  or  Holy  Spirit,  in  your  baptism  ? 

A,  I  mean  that  I  am  put  into  the  body  of 
Christ,  where  the  Holy  Ghost  comes  into  my 
heart. 

Q.  What  does  the  Holy  Ghost  come  into  your 
heart  for  ? 


18  A  CATECHISM. 

A.   To  make  me  hate  all  that  is  bad.  and  help 
me  to  love  and  do  all  that  is  good. 


LESSON    VII. 

Q.  Into  what  state,  then,  were  you  put  at 
your  baptism  ? 

A.  I  was  put  into  a  state  of  salvation. 

Q.  What  do  you  mean  by  a  state  of  salvation  ? 

A.  I  mean  a  state  in  which,  through  Christ, 
I  may  be  saved. 

Q.  So  you  are  baptised  into  Christ,  as  your 
Saviour,  are  you  ? 

A.  Yes;  I  am  baptised  into  Christ,  as  my  Sa- 
viour. 

Q.  As  what  ? 

A.  As  my  Saviour. 

Q.  How  ought  you  to  feel  towards  your  heav- 
enly Father,  for  so  great  a  blessing  ? 

A.  I  ought  to  thank  Him  with  all  my  heart. 

Q.  What  ought  you  to  do  for  so  great  a  bless- 
ing? 

A.  I  ought  always  to  obey  my  heavenly 
Father. 

Q.  If  you  do  not  obey  ITim,  what  will  He  do 
to  you  ? 


A  CATECHISM.  19 

A.   Ho  will  punish  me. 

Q.  Should  you  not  fear,  then,  to  disobey  your 
heavenly  Father  ? 

A.  Yes,  I  should  always  be  afraid  of  diso- 
beying Him. 

Q.  Does  God  see  you  when  you  disobey  Him  ? 

A.  Yes;  "He  is  about  my  path  and  about 
my  bed,  and  spieth  out  all  my  ways." 

Q.  You  have  been  taught  that,  in  your  bap- 
tism, you  got  your  Christian  name,  got  the  re- 
mission of  your  sins,  and  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.  Now  this  means  that,  at  baptism,  "You 
were  made  a  member  of  Christ,  a  child  of 
God,  and  an  inheritor  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 
What  were  you  made  at  baptism  ? 

A.  "I  was  made  a  member  of  Christ,  a  child 
of  God,  and  an  inheritor  of  the  kingdom  of 
heaven." 

Q.  Yes,  you  were  baptised  into  Christ,  as  you 
have  been  taught,  and  so  became  "  a  member  of 
Christ."  How  did  you  become  a  member  of 
Christ? 

A.  By  being  baptised  into  Christ. 

Q.  I  told,  you  that  Christ  is  the  Head  of  the 
Church; — What,  then,  is  Christ's  body  ? 

A.   The  church  is  Christ's  body. 

Q.  Where  are  we  told  that  Christ  is  the  Head 
of  the  church  ? 

A.  Id  that  part  of  the.  Bible  called  the  New 
Testament. 


20  A  CATECHISM. 

Q.  Where  are  we  told  that  the  church  is  the 
body  of  Christ  ? 

A.  In  the  New  Testament. 

Q.  When  you  were  baptised,  you  became,  you 
say,  a  member  of  Christ; — As  a  member  of 
Christ,  how  ought  you  to  live  ? 

A.  I  ought  to  live  a  holy  life,  as  Christ  lived. 

Q.  What  ought  you  to  do  ? 

A.  I  ought  to  do  good,  as  Christ  always  did. 

Q.  You  said  that,  in  your  baptism,  you  were 
made,  also,  '  a  child  of  God ; ' — Were  you  a  child 
of  God  when  you  were  born  ? 

A.  No  ;  I  was  the  child  of  the  wicked  one. 

Q.  What  is  it,  then,  to  be  made  "a  child  of 
God  "  in  holy  baptism  ? 

A.  It  is  to  be  taken  out  of  the  family  of  the 
wicked  one,  and- put  into  the  family  of  God. 

Q.  Yes,  in  holy  baptism,  you  were  made  "a 
child  of  God  "  ; — As  a  child,  of  God,  what  ought 
you  to  do  ? 

A.  I  ought  to  love  and  obey  my  heavenly 
Father. 

Q.  You  said,  too,  that  in  baptism  you  were 
made  an  "inheritor  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven  ; " 
— Now,  I  want  to  show  you  what  this  means. 
If  I  had  come  to  you  this  morning,  and  told  you 
that  your  master  [or  that  some  kind  friend]  had 
died,  and  left  you  a  rich  present  or  gift,  which 


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you  were  to  have  when  you  were  grown  up,  if 
you  were  good  children,  you  would  know  what 
I  meant,  would  you  not  ? 

A.  Yes;  I  should. 

Q.  And  you  would  be  anxious  to  be  good 
children,  that  you  might  get  the  rich  gift,  would 
you  not  ? 

A.  Yes;  I  should. 

Q.  Well,  then,  I  have  come  to  tell  you  that 
Jesus  Christ,  your  blessed  Saviour,  when  He 
died  upon  the  cross,  left  you  all  a  rich  gift,  in 
heaven,  called  "  eternal  life ;  "  and  when  you 
were  baptised,  you  were  put  in  the  way,  if  you 
are  good  children,  of  getting  that  rich  gift  in 
heaven — that  eternal  life ; — And  so  you  are  called 
"  inheritors  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven  :  " — What, 
then,  is  it  to  be  made  an  "  inheritor  of  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  "  at  your  baptism  ? 

A.  It  is  to  be  put  into  the  way  of  gettiDg  ' '  the 
gift  of  God,  which  is  eternal  life." 

Q.  If  you  are  thus  made  inheritors  of  the 
kingdom  of  heaven,  ought  you  not  to  strive  every 
day  to  get  to  heaven  ? 

A.  Yes,  I  ought. 


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LESSON    VIII. 

Q.  You  said  that,  at.  your  baptism,  -you  were 
made  a  member  of  Christ ; — If  you  do  not  do 
good  as  Christ  did,  will  you  continue  to  be  his 
member  ? 

A.  No  ;  I  shall  be  cast  away  from  Christ. 

Q.  You  said  that,  at  your  baptism,  you  were 
made  a  child  of  God  ; — If  you  disobey  God,  will 
you  still  be  His  child  ? 

A.  No  :'  If  I  disobey  God,  He  will  not  let  me 
be  His  child. 

Q.  You  said  that,  at  your  baptism,  you  were 
made  inheritors  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven  ;  but 
will  you  get  eternal  life  in  heaven,  if  you^do  not 
strive  to  go  there  ? 

A    No  ;  but  I  shall  be  sent  down  to  hell. 

Q.  How  are  you  to  strive  or  try  to  go  to 
heaven  ? 

A.  I  must  have  nothing  to  do  with  the  devil 
and  his  works  ; — which  I  gave  upjat  my  baptism. 

Q.  In  what  way  are  you  to  shun  the  devil  and 
his  works  ? 

A.  By  keeping  within  me  no  bad  thoughts; 
by  speaking  no  bad  words  ;  and  by  doing  no  bad 
things . 


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Q.  What  do  you  mean  by  keeping  within  you 
no  bad  thoughts  ? 

A.  I  mean  that  I  must  not  hate  any  body,  nor 
wish  to  hurt  any  body,  nor  wish  to  do  any 
wrong. 

Q.  What  do  you  say  you  mean  by  keeping 
within  you  no  bad  thoughts  or  wishes  ? 

A.  I  mean  I  must  not  hate  any  body,  nor 
vnsh  to  hurt  any  body,  nor  wish  to  do  any 
wrong. 

Q.  What  do  you  mean  by  speaking  no  bad 
words  ?  - 

A.  I  mean  that  I  must  not  tell  lies,  nor  call 
hard  names,  nor  curse  and  swear. 

Q.   Who  is  the  Father  of  lies  ? 

A.  The  devil  is  called,  in  the  Bible,  "the 
Father  of  lies." 

Q.  Why  is  he  called  the  Father  of  lies? 

A.  Because  he  told  the  first  lie  ;  and  because 
he  tempts  every  body  else  to  tell  lies. 

Q.  What  was  the  first  lie  that  the  devil  told 
to  tempt  mankind  ? 

x\.  He  told  Adam  and  Eve,  in  the  garden  of 
Eden,  to  eat  of  the  forbidden  fruit,  and  it  should 
not  hurt  them  ;  when  God  told  them  it  should 
hurt  them. 

Q.  When  they  listened,  to  the  devil,  and  ate, 
did  the  fruit  hurt  them  ? 

A,  Yes,  it  did  hurt  them  ;  and  the  devil  knew 


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it  would,  when  he  said  it  would  not. 

Q.  Does  the  devil  try  to?  make  men  think 
now,  as  he  did  our  first  parents,  that  sin  will 
not  hurt  them  ? 

A.  Yes ;  he  tempts  men  to  think  now  that  sin 
will  not  hurt  them. 

Q.  But  does  sin  hurt  them  ? 

A.  Yes ;  sin  always  hurts  those  who  do  it. 

Q.  So  the  devil  is  the  Father  of  lies,  because 
he  told  the  first  lie,  and  because  he  always  tries 
to  make  men  think  that  lies,  and  other  bad  words 
will  not  hurt  them  ? 

A.  Yes ;  he  is  the  Father  of  lies  because  of 
this. 

Q.  Whose  children,  then,  are  those  who  tell 
lies,  use  hard  names,  and  curse  and  swear? 

A.   They  are  the  children  of  the  devil. 

Q.  When,  in  baptism,  you  become  the  child- 
ren of  Grod,  what  do  you  promise  to  renounce  or 
give  up  ? 

A.  "I  promise  to  renounce  the  devil,"  or  to 
tell  no  lies,  use  no  hard  names,  and  not  to  curse 
and  swear. 

Q.  But  if  you  do  this  after  having  been  made 
the  children  of  G-od,  what  will  you  again  become  ? 

A.   The  children  of  the  devil. 

Q.  What  do  you  mean  by  doing  no  bad  things, 
such  things  as  the  devil  tempts  you  to  do  ?  • 


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A.  I  mean  that  I  must  not  hurt  any  body ; 
must  not  disobey  my  parents — [nor  disobey  my 
master]  nor  disobey  God. 

Q.  But  can  you  not  disobey  your  parents  [and 
your  master]  without  their  knowing  it  ? 

A.  Yes  ;  but  God  knows  it ;  for  God  always 
sees  me. 


LESSON   IX. 

Q.  What  else  must  you  do  to  get  to  heaven  ? 

A.  I  must  believe  all  that  God  has  told  me 
about  the  way  to  get  there. 

Q.  In  what  book  has  He  told  you  how  to  get 
there  ? 

A.  In  His  own  book,  the  Bible. 

Q.  How  many  parts  are  there  of  the  Bible  ? 

A.  Two. 

Q.  What  are  they  called  ? 

A.  The  Old  Testament  and  the  New  Testa- 
ment. 

Q.  In  which  part  has  God  told  you  most  about 
getting  to  heaven  ? 

A.  In  the  New  Testament,  or  the  Gospel. 

Q.  What  does  the  Gospel  tell  you  about  get- 
ting to  heaven  ? 


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A.  It  tells  me  about  my  Saviour,  who  showed 
me  how  to  get  there. 

Q.  Did  your  Saviour  do  nothing  more  than 
show  you  how  to  get  to  heaven  ? 

A.  Yes ;  He  died  to  open  the  way  for  my  go- 
ing there. 

Q.  Does  not  the  Gospel  tell  you,  too,  a  good 
deal  about  God  the  Father,  and  God  the  Holy 
Ghost? 

A.  Yes;  It  tells  me  about  God  the  Father, 
who  made  me  and  all  the  world  ; — about  God 
the  Son,  who  redeemed  me  and  all  mankind ; — 
about  God  the  Holy  Ghost,  who  sanctifieth  me 
and  all  the  people  of  God. 

Q.  How  much  of  the  Gospel  did  yOu  promise 
at  your  baptism  to  believe  ? 

A.  I  promised  to  believe  all  the  Gospel. 

Q.  What  are  the  chief  parts  of  the  Gospel 
called  in  the  promises  of  your  baptism  ? 

A.  They  are  called  "the  Articles  of  the 
Christian  Faith." 

Q.  Yes;  they  are  called  the  Articles  of  the 
Christian  Faith ;  Where  are  these  Articles  of  the 
Christian  Faith  put  together  ? 

A.  They  are  put  together  in  the  "Apostle's 
Creed." 

Q.  You  say  the  Articles  of  the  Christian  Faith 
are  put  together  in  the  Apostle's  Creed,  or  be- 
lief;— Can  you  say  this  creed  or  belief?     Let  me 


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hear  you  ; — all  saying  it  slow  ;  first  after  mo. 

A.    "I  believe  in  God  the  Father,"  &c. 

Q.  What  do  you  chiefly  learn  in  these  articles 
of  your  belief? 

A.  u  First,  I  learn  to  believe  in  God,  the 
Father,"  who  made  me  and  all  the  world  ;  Sec- 
ondly, in  God  the  Sou,,  who  redeemed  me  and  all 
mankind;  Thirdly,  in  God  the  Holy  Ghost,  who 
sanctineth  me  and  all  the  people  of  God." 

Q.  In  order  to  get  to  heaven,  you  say,  you 
promised  to  give  up,  or  renounce  the  devil  and 
all  his  works  ;  and  to  believe  all  the  Articles  of 
the  Christian  Faith  ;  but  did  you  not  promise 
still  more  ? 

A.  Yes  ;  I  promised  also  to  keep  God's  holy 
will  and  commandments,  and  walk  in  the  same 
all  the  days  of  my  life. 

Q.  What  do  you  mean  by  God's  command- 
ments ? 

A.  I  mean  all  that  God  has  told  me  to  do  in 
the  Bible. 

Q.  Where  are  the  chief  commandments  put 
together  ? 

A.  In  the  ten  commandments. 

Q.  How  many  of  these  commandments  are 
there  ? 

A.   Ten. 

Q.  Which  is  the  first  commandment  ? 

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LESSON    X. 

Q.  What  did  you  say  you  promised  to  keep  ? 

A.  These  commandments. 

Q.  You  were  baptised  when  you  were  infants; 
— how,  then,  could  you  promise  to  keep  these 
commandments,  at  your  baptism  ? 

A.  I  promised  by  my  sponsors. 

Q.  Who  are  your  sponsors  ? 

A.  Those  persons  that  answered,  in  my  name, 
when  I  was  baptised. 

[Here  the  Oatechist  should  explain  the  nature  of  the 
sponsorship.] 

Do  you  think  that  you  are  bound  to  believe 
and  do  what  your  sponsors  promised  for  you? 

A.  Yes ;  I  do  think  so. 

Q.  You  promised,  you  say,  to  keep  the  com 
mandments ; — How  must  you  feel  towards  God 
and  man,  in  order  rightly  to  keep  them  ? 

A.  I  must  "love  God  with  all  my  heart;  and 
my  neighbor  as  myself." 

Q.  How  must  you  show  that  you  love  God 
with  all  your  heart  ? 

A.  I  must  show  it,  in  delighting  above  all 
things  to  worship  and  obey  God. 


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Q.  How  are  you  to  show  that  you  love  your 
neighbor  as  yourself  ? 

A.  I  am  to  show  it  by  always  doing  my  duty 
to  my  neighbor,  as  God  has  commanded  me. 

Q.   Who  is 'your  neighbor? 

A.  Every  body  who  lives  with  me,  and  around 
me,  and  has  the  control  over  me. 

Q.  Can  you  name  some  persons  ? 

A.  My  playfellows,  [my  master  and  mistress] 
and  my  parents. 

Q.  How  are  you  to  show  your  love  to  your 
playfellows  ? 

A.  I  am  never  to  curse  them,  nor  hnrt  them, 
but  to  try  always  to  do  them  good. 

Q.  How  are  you  to  show  your  love  to  [your 
master  and  mistress]  and  your  parents  ? 

A.  I  am  never  to  lie  to  them,  to  steal  from 
them,  nor  speak  bad  words  about  them  ;  but  al- 
ways to  do  as  they  bid  me. 

Q.  But  can  you  keep  the  commandments 
without  some  one  to  help  you  ? 

A.   No  ;  I  cannot  do  it  of  myself  alone. 

Q.  How  do  you  know  this  ? 

A.  God  says,  in  the  Bible,  that  "we  are  not 
sufficient  of  ourselves,  to  think  any  thing  as  of 
ourselves." 

Q.  By  what  means,  then,  are  we  to  keep 
God's  commandments  ? 

A.   By  God's  help. 


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Q.   How  Ire  you  to  gel  God's  help? 

A.   By  praying  for  it. 

Q.   Who  has  told  you  so? 

A.  My  blessed  Saviour. 

Q.   What  does  He  say  ? 

A.  He  says,  "  ask,  and  it  shall  be  given  you." 

Q.  Must  you  not  feel  that  you  want  what  you 
ask  for? 

Yes ;  I  must  feel  that  I  want  the  things  I  ask 
for. 

Q.  Suppose,  right  after  dinner,  you  should 
go  to  your  mother  and  ask  for  bread,  when  she 
knew  you  did  not  want  it,  would  she  give  it  to 
you?  | 

A.  No  ;  because  I  asked  for  what  I  did  not 
want. 

Q.  If  you  kneel  down,  then,  and  pray  to  God 
to  help  you  to  do  good,  when  you  don't  wish  to 
do  good,  will  He  give  you  His  help? 

A.  No;  because  lie  sees  into  my  heart,  and 
knows  that  I  don't  wish  Him  to  help  me. 

Q.   What,  then,  is  it  to  pray  to  God? 

A.   It  is  to  ask  God  for  what  I  wish  to  have. 


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LESSON  XI. 


31 


Q.  Has  our  blessed  Saviour  given  us  the  words 
of  a  prayer  ? 

A.  Yes;   He   has   given   us   the   words  of  a 
prayer. 

Q.  What  is  the  prayer  called  ? 

A.  It  is  called  The  Lord's  Prayer. 

Q.    Why  is  it  called  The  Lord's  Prayer  ? 

A.  Because  our  Lord  gave  it  to  us,  and  com- 
manded us  to  use  it. 

Q.  Say  the  Lord's  Prayer,  will  you,  alto- 
gether, as  the  people  say  it  at  church  ? 

A.   "Our  Father,"  &c. 

Q.  To  whom  do  you  pray,  in  this  prayer  ? 

A.  To  "  Our  Father,"  in  heaven. 

Q.  Why  do  you  call  God  your  Father  ? 

A.  Chiefly,  because  I  was  made  his  child  at 
my  baptism. 

Q.  What  were  you  made  at  your  baptism  ? 

A.   "A  child  of  God." 

Q.  Yes ;  you  were  made  God's  child  at  your 
baptism,  and  therefore  God  became,  in  the  best 
sense,  your  Father.  But  is  God  really  a  good 
Father  to  you  ? 

A.  Yes;  He  is  a  better  Father. to  me  than  my 
earthly  father  is. 


32  A  CATECHISM. 

Q.  How  is  God  a  better  Father  to  you,  than 
your  earthly  father  is  ? 

A.  God  can  do  every  thing  for  me  which  He 
chooses,  but  my  earthly  father  cannot  do  every 
thing  for  me  which  he  chooses. 

Q.  What  cannot  your  earthly  father  do  for 
you,  which  God  can  do  for  you  ? 

A.  My  earthly  father  cannot  keep  me  from 
being  sick,  but  God,  my  heavenly  Father,   can. 

Q.  Can  your  earthly  father  keep  you  alive 
when  you  are  dying  ? 

A.  No ;  he  cannot,  but  God,  my  heavenly 
Father,  can. 

Q.  Can  your  earthly  father  save  your  soul  ? 

A.  No;  my  earthly  father  cannot  save  my 
soui,  but  my  heavenly  Father  can  save  my  soul  ? 

Q.  But  will  your  heavenly  Father  save  your 
soul? 

A.  Yes ;  if  I  obey  Him,  He  will  save  my  soul, 
for  Christ's  sake. 

Q.  Ought  you  not  to  love  your  earthly  parents 
very  much,  for  being  kind  to  you? 

A.  Yes ;  but  I  ought  to  love  my  heavenly 
Father  a  great  deal  more  ;  for  He  is  a  great  deal 
better  and  more  kind  to  me. 


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LESSON    XII. 

Q.  You  say,  God  can  do  for  you  every  thing 
He  chooses  ;  but  that  your  earthly  parents  can- 
not ; — Where  do  you  say,  when  repeating  the 
Lord's  Prayer,  that  God  is  ? 

A.  I  say,  He  is  "in  heaven." 

Q.  What  are  the  words  ? 

A.    "  Our  Father,  who  art  in  Iteaven." 
*  Q. '  But,  if  God  is  in  heaven,    can  He  do   you 
good  here  on  earth  ? 

A.  Yes;  He  can  do  me  good  here  on  earth, 
because  He  looks  down  upon  me,  and  sees  me  all 
the  while. 

Q.  But  although  God  sees  you  all  the  while, 
how  can  He  know  what  you  want  ? 

A.  God  knows  what  I  want  ;  because  He 
knows  all  things. 

Q.  God  may  know  what  you  want;  but,  if 
He  is  up  in  heaven,  can  He  give  you  what  you 
want? 

A.  Y"es ;  He  can  give  me  what  I  want;  be- 
cause He  can  dq  all  things, 

Q.  God's  power  then  is  in  every  place,  as  well 
as  His  eyes  ? 

A.  Yes;  God's  power  is  in  every  place. 


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Q.  Although  God  is  in  heaven,  then,  He  can 
do  every  thing  He  chooses  to  do  here  on  earth? 

A.  Yes;  He  "can  either  do  us  good,  or  can 
send  evil  upon  us,  just  as  He  chooses. 

Q.  When  will  He  do  us  good  ? 

A.  When  He  looks  down  upon  us  and  sees 
that  we  are  doing  what  He  has  to>d  us  to  do  in 
the  Bible. 

Q.  When  will  He  send  evil  upon  us  ? 

A.  When  He  sees  that  we  are  not  doing  what 
He  has  told  us  to  do  in  the  Bible. 


LESSON    XIII. 

Q.  When  repeating  the  Lord's  Prayer,  you 
said,  * '  Hallowed  be  Thy  name  ;  " — What  do  you 
pray  for  in  these  words  ? 

A.  When  I  say, — "  Hallowed  be  Thy  name," 
'I  pray  God,  that. I,  and  all  people,  may  fear 
Him  and  honor  His  holy  name  and  word. 

Q.  What  is  it  to  feai-God  ? 
.  A.  It  is  to  have  such  an  awful  feeling  of  God's 
presence,  as  to  keep  me  from  thinking  or   doing 
any  thing  wrong. 

Q.  What  is  it  to  honor  God's  holy  name? 

A.  It  is  always  to  speak  good  of  God  ;  and 
never  to  take  Hie  name  in  vain. 


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Q.  What  is  it  to  honor  God's  holy  word-? 

A.  It  is  always  to  listen  to  God's  holy  word, 
when  it  is  read  to  mo  ;  and  always  to  try  to  do 
what  it  commands  me. 

Q.  What  do  you  pray  for,  then,  when  you 
say,  ' '  Hallowed  be  Thy  name  ?  ". 

A.  I  pray,  that  I,  and  all  people  may  fear 
God,  and  honor  His  holy  name  and  word. 


lesson  XIV. 

Q.  What  do  you  pray  for  when  you  gay, 
"  Thy  kingdom  some?  " 

A.  I  pray,  that  God's  church  may  be  set  up 
in  every  place,  and  that  every  person  may  obey 
Christ,  its  Head. 

Q.  What  is  the  Church  called  in  the  Lord's 
Prayer? 

A.  God's  kingdom. 

Q.  Who  did  you  say,  was  placed  over  God's 
kingdom  ? 

A.  God's  only  Son,  Jesus  Christ. 

Q.  What  do  you  say,  then,  that  you  ask 
God  for,  when  yon  pray,  "  Thy  kingdom 
come  ?  " 


86  A  CATECHISM 

A.  I  ask  (rod,  that  His,  holy  church  may  be 
get  up  in  every  place,,  and  that  every  person  may 
obey  Christ,  its  Head.    * 


LESSON    XV. 

Q.  What  do  you   pray  for,  when  you   say  in 
the  Lord's  Prayer,  "  Thy  will  be  done  ?." 

A.  I  pray  that  my  will,'  and  every  body's  will, 
may  submit  to  God's  will. 

Q.  Where  does  God  make  His  will  known  to 
us? 

A.  In  His  word,  and  in  His  acts. 

Q,  What  is  God's  word  ;  in  which  He  .makes 
His  will  known  to  us  ? 

A.  The  Bible. 

Q.  What  are  God's. acts,  by  which  He  makes 
His  will  known  to.  us  ? 

A.  Every  thing   that  happens  to  us  is   God's 
act. 

Q.  Can  you  tell  me  one  thing,  which  as  God's 
act,  makes  known  God's  will? 

A.  When  I  am  sick;  God  makes  me  so,  tado 
me  good. 

Q.  Can  you  mention  another  act  of  God  which 
tells  His  will  ? 


A  CATKUIURM. 


87 


A.  When  Death  comes  to  take  me  away,  or 
any  of  my  friends,  God  sends    it,  to  do  us  good. 

Q.  You  say,  God  makes  known  His  will,  thus 
in  His  word  and  acts  ; — how  are  you  to  submit  to 
God's  will  ? 

A.  By  wishing  every  thing  to  be  just  as  God 
wishes  it  to  be. 

Q.  How  are  you  to  submit  to  God's  will  made 
known  in  the  Bible  ? 

A.  By  trying  to  do  every  thing  which  God 
commands  in  the  Bible. 

Q.  How  are  you  to  submit  to  God's  will  as 
made  known  in  His  acts  ? 

A.  When  God  sends  trouble,  or  sickness  or 
death,  I  am  to  feel  that  God  does  right. 

Q.  In  the  Lord's  Prayer,  you  pray,  that  God's 
will  may  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  Heaven  ;— 
Who  do  God's  will  in  heaven  ? 

A.  The  angels  and  blessed  spirits. 

Q.  How  do  they  do  God's  will  ? 

A.  They  do  (it  quickly,  heartily,  and  con- 
stantly. 

Q.  You  say,  they  do  it  quickly  t 

A.  Yes  ;  just  as  soon  as  they  know  it. 

Q.  You  say,  they  do  it  heartily? 

A.  Yes ;  it  makes  them  happy  to  do  it, 

Q.  You  say,  they  do  it  constantly? 

A.  Yes;  thev  never  stop  doing  H 


38  A  OATEOHISM 

Q.  How  do  you  say,  the  angels  and  blessed 
spirits  do  the  will  of  God  ? 

"A.  They  do  it  quickly  ; — that  is,  just  as  soon 
as  they  know  it ; — they  do  it  heartily  ; — that  is, 
it  makes  them  happy  to  do  it ;— they  do  it  con- 
stantly ; — that  is,  they  never  stop  doing  it. 

Q.  How  then  are  vie  to  do  God's  will  ? 

A.  We  must  do  it  quickly,  heartily,  and  con- 
stantly. 


LESSON    XVI. 

Q.  What  do  you  pray  for,  in  the  Lord's 
Prayer,  when  you  say  ; — Give  us  this  day,  our 
daily  bread?" 

A.  First,  I  pray  for  such  things  as  are  good 
for  our  bodies  on  earth  ; — and  secondly,  for  such 
things  as  are  needful  to  fit  our  bodies  and  souls 
for  Heaven, 

Q.  What  would  become  of  our  bodies,  if  God 
did  not  give  us  our  daily  bread  ? 

A.   They  would  die. 

Q.  What  would  become  of  our  souls,  if  God 
should  not  give  us  our  daily  bread  ? 

A,  They  also,  would  die, 


A.  CATECHISM,  59 

Q.  What  do  you  mean, -by  saying,  the  soul 
would  die  ? 

A.  I  mean  that  the  soul  would  have  in  it  no 
spiritual  life  now,  and  no  hope  of  eternal  life 
hereafter. 


lesson  xvn, 

Q.  What  do  you  next  pray  for,  in  the  Lord's 
Prayer?  • 

A.  I  pray  God,  to  "forgive  us.  our  tres- 
passes." 

Q.  What  are  omy  trespasses  f 

A.  They  are  our  sins. 

Q.  You  pray,  then,  that  God  would  forgive  us 
our  trespasses  or  sins  ; — but,  in.  what  manner  do 
you  pray,  that  God  would  forgive  us  our  tres- 
passes ? 

A.  I  pray  that  God  would  forgive  us  our  tres- 
passes, "  as  we  forgive  those  who.trespass  against 
us." 

Q.  How  do  ofchers  sin  against  you? 

A.  By  cursing  me — telling  lies  about  me- — or 
striking  me. 

Q.  What  must  you  do  to  those  who  thus  sin 
against  you  ? 


40  A  CATECHISM. 

m 

A.  I  must  forgive  them. 

Q.  What,  if  you  do  not  forgive  them  ! 

A.  Then,  God  will  not  forgive  me. 

Q.  Why? 

A*.  Because,  I  pray  to  Him  to  forgive  me,  just 
as  I  forgive  others. 

Q.  How  are  you  to  forgive  others  when  they 
trespass  against  you  ? 

A.  I  am  not  to  hurt  them  because  they  hurt 
me — but  I  must  pray  for  them  and  try  to  do 
them  good. 

Q.  What  if  you  do  to  them  just  as  they  do 
to  you?  ■ 

A.  Then  God  will  not  forgive  my  sins,  but 
will  punish  me. 


LESSON    XVIII. 

Q.  What  do  you  ask  of  God,  when  you  pray, 
4 f  Lead  us  not  into  temptation  ?" 

A.  I  ask  of  God,  that  He  would  never  put  me 
into  such  a  state  of  life,  as  might  tempt  me  to 
disobey  Him.  • 

Q.  But,  if  you  ask  God  not  to  lead  you  into 
places  where  you  might  be  tempted  to  sin,  ought 
you  not  to  keep  away  from  such  places  ? 

A,  Yes  ;  I  ought  to  keep  away  from  all  places 


A   CATECHISM.  41 

and  persons  that  would  learn  me  to    speak    bad 
words  or  do  bad  things. 

Q.  But  do  you  not   ask  God    for  something 
else  in  this  part  of  the  Lord's  Prayer  ? 

A.   Yes  ;  I  ask   Him,    to   "deliver    me  from 
evil." 

Q.  What  do  you  mean,  when  you    ask  God  to 
deliver  you  from  evil  ? 

►A.  I  mean  to  ask  Him,  to  "  save  and  defend 
me  in  all  dangers  both  of  soul  and  body — to  keep 
me  from  all  wickedness,  from  my  spiritual  enemy, 
and~from  everlasting  death." 

Q.     Through  whom  do  you  hope  chat  He  will 
do  this  ? 

A.   Through  Jesus  Christ  my  Saviour. 

Q.   At  the  end   of  the  Lord's  Prayer   you  say 
"  Amen  ;"- — Why  do  you  say  so  ? 

A.   I  say   so,    because    I    desire    that    what  I 
have  prayed  for,  may  come  to  pass. 

Q.  What  do  you  mean,     then,     by    the   v^ord 
"  Amen?" 

A.  I  mean,  so  let  it  be,   as  I  have  prayed. 


42  A  CATECHI3M, 


LESSON    XIX. 

Q.  ' '  How  many  Sacraments  hath  Christ  or- 
dained in  His  Church  ?" 

A.  "  Two  only,  as  generally  necessary  to  sal- 
vation." 

Q.   What  are  they  ? 

A.    "  Baptism  and  the  Supper  of  the    Lord." 

Q.  "  What  do  you  mean  by  the  word,  Sacra- 
ment?" 

A.  "I  mean,  an  outward,  visible  sign  of  an 
inward  spiritual  grace/' 

Q.  What  is  meant  by  a  visible  sign? 

A.  It  is  something  that  I  can  see,  used  to  point 
out  something  that  I  cannot  see. 

Q.  What  is  the  thing  you  can  see  in  bap- 
tism ? 

A  Water  put  upon  the  person  or  child  by  the 
minister. 

Q.  What  is  the  thing  you  cannot  see  in  bap- 
tism, but  which  is  pointed  out  to  you  by  the 
water  ? 

A.  "  It  is  a  death  unto  sin.  and  a  new  birth 
unto  righteousness." 

Q.  What  do  you  say  you  '  die  unto  in  bap- 
tism ? 


A.   I  die  unto  sin. 
-  Q-  What  do  you'mean  by  dying  unto  sin? 

A.  I  mean  that  at  my  baptism  God  for  Christ's 
sake,  pardoned  my  sin,  and  gave  me  grace  not 
to  sin  any  more. 

Q.  What  do  you  say  .you  have  a  new  birth 
unto,  in  baptism  ? 

A.   I  have  a  new  birth  unto  righteousness. 

Q.   What  do  you  mean  by  that  ? 

A.  I  mean,  that,  at  my  baptism,  I  got  the 
grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  to  enable  me  to  live  a 
new  and  holy  life. 

Q.  What  is  the  outward,  visible  sign,  or  the 
thing  that  you  see,  in  the  Lord's  Supper  ? 

A.  Bread  and  wine,  given  to  the  people  by 
the  minister. 

Q.  What  is  the  inward,  spiritual  grace,  or  the 
thing  you  cannot  see,  in  the  Lord's  Supper  ? 

A.  The  body  and  blood  of  Christ,  spiritually 
taken  and  received  by  the  faithful. 


LESSON 


Q.  You  say,  a  sacrament  is  an  outward  visi- 
ble sign  of  an  inward,  spiritual  grace  ;  —  by 
whom  was  it  ordained  or  appointed  ? 

A.   By  Ciirist  Himself. 


44  A  CATECHISM., 

Q.  Why  was  the  outward  visible  sign  or- 
dained? 

A.  It  was  ordained,  as  the  means  whereby  we 
receive  the  inward  spiritual  grace  :  and  as  a  proof 
that  we  do  receive  this  grace. 

Q.  You  say  Christ  ordained  the  sacraments  ;— 
did  He  appoint  any  persons  to  give  the  sacra- 
ments to  the  people  ? 

A.  He  appointed  His  ministers  to  do  it. 

Q.   Who  are  ministers  of  Christ  ? 

A.   They  whom  Christ  sends  to  be    ministers. 

Q.   How  does  Christ  send  His  ministers  ? 

A.  He  does  it  by  ordination,  or  u  the  laying 
on  of  hands." 

Q.  Whom  did  He  appoint  to  lay  hands  on  His 
ministers  and  ordain  them  ? 

A.   He  appointed  Bishops  to  do  it. 

Q.   Who  are  Bishops  ? 
"  A.   They  are  the  chief  ministers  in  the  church 
of  Christ. 

Q.  Who  was  the  first  Bishop  ? 

A.  Jesus  Christ  Himself. 

Q.  Whom  did  Jesus  Christ  make  Bishops, 
when  He  left  the  world  ? 

A.  He  made  the  Apostles  Bishops,  such  as  St. 
Paul,  St.  Peter,  and  St.  John. 

Q.  flow  many  Apostles  did  Jesus  Christ  send 
forth  ? 

A.    He  sent  forth  twelve 


A  CATHCHIBM.  46 

Q.  How  many  did  He  leave  on    earth,    when 
He  ascended  into  heaven  ? 
#A.   He  left  eleven. 

Q.   What  had  beeonic  of  one  of  thein  ? 

A.  He  had  killed  himself. 

Q.   Why  did  he  kill  himself? 

A.   Because  he  was  a  wicked  man,    and    sold 
Jesus  Christ  to  the  Jews. 

Q.  What  was  the  name    of  that   Apostle   who 
killed  himself? 

A.  His  name  was   Judas* 

Q.   Was  any  one  put  in  the    place    of   Judas, 
after  J^sus  Christ  ascended  into  Heaven  ?  - 

A.  Yes,   Matthias   was   put   in   the    place  of 
Judas. 

Q.   Who  appointed  Matthias  ? 

A.  The  Apostles  appointed  him. 

Q.  What  right  had   the    Apostles   to  appoint 
others  to  the  ministry  of  Jesus  Christ  ? 

A.  Jesus  Christ  gave  the  Apostles   power  to 
appoint  others. 

Q.  Was  any  one  made  an   Apostle,    after  our 
Lord  went  to  heaven,  besides  Matthias  ? 

A.  Yes.     St.  Paul. 

Q.  Did  the  Apostles   appoint  any  Bishops  to 
fill  their  places  when  they  were  dead  ? 

A.  Yes,   they  appointed    Timothy  and  Titus 
and  others, 

Q.  Did     the    Apostles    give    those    Bishop? 


46  A   CATECHISM. 

whom  they  appointed,  power  to  appoint  others  ? 

A.  Yes  ;  power  was  given  to  be  handed  down 
from  Bishop  to  Bishop  as  long  as  the  worjj} 
stands. 

Q.  Are  there  any  other  ministers  in  the  church 
of  Christ,  besides  Bishops  ? 

A.  Yes ;,  Priests  and  Deacons. 

Q.  Have  Priests  or  Deacons  power  to  ordain 
ministers  ? 

A.  No! 

Q.   Who,  then,    ordain  Priests  and  Deacons  ? 

A.   Bishops  ordain  them. 

Q.  How  many  orders  of  ministers  are  there, 
then  ? 

A;  Three,  Bishops,  Priests  and  Deacons. 
*  Q.  Who.  have  power   to  ordain  all  ministers! 

A.  Bishops. 

Q.  Has  any  person  a  right  to  give  baptism  or 
the  Lord's  Supper  to  the  people,  who  has  not 
been  ordained  by  a  Bishop  ? 

A.  No!  " 

Q.  What  is  the  true  church  of  Christ  ? 

A.  It  is  that  body  of  Christians  in  which  £he 
pure  word  of  Grod  is  preached,  and  the  sacra- 
ments are  rightly  given  to  the  people. 

Q.  When  are  the  sacraments  rightly  given  to 
the  people  ? 

A.  When  they  are  given  by  those  miniver* 
who  are  ordained  by  bishops. 


A  CATECHIBM.  47 

Q.  How  many  orders  of  ministers  did  Christ 
ordain  in  His  church  ? 

*A.  Three  orders — Bishops,  Priests,  and  Dea- 
cons. 

Q.  Do  you  belong  to  .the  true  church  of 
Christ  ? 

A.  Yes  ;  because  I  belong  to  a  church  where 
the  pure  word  of  (rod  is  preached,  and  His 
sacraments  are  given  by  those  ordained  by  Bish- 
ops. 

Q.  Has  Christ  promised  to  be  with  jhis  true 
Cliurch? 

A.  Yes ;  Christ  has  promised  to  be  with  it, 
as  long  as  the  world  stands. 

Q.  Why  is  it  necessary  that  Christ  should  b* 
with  His  church  ? 

.   A.  Because  without  Christ,  we  can    do  noth- 
ing. 

Q.  Can  we  get  any  blessing  from  God,  except 
through  His  Son  Jesus  Christ  ? 

A.  No. 

Q.  Where  then  are  we  to  come  to  Christ  to 
get  a  blessing  ? 

A.  We  are  to  come  to  Him  in  the  church,  of 
which  He  is  the  Head.  ' 

Q.  Why  must  we  come  to  Him  there  ? 

A.  Because.  •  j '  He  is  Head  over  all  things  unto 
His  church." 


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